Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "will-to-live"

1. The Walking Dead (2010–2022)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Sheriff Deputy Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to learn the world is in ruins and must lead a group of survivors to stay alive.

Stars: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan

Votes: 1,080,350

2. The Girl Next Door (2007)

R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Follows the unspeakable torture and abuses committed on a teenage girl in the care of her aunt and the boys who witness and fail to report the crime.

Director: Gregory Wilson | Stars: William Atherton, Blythe Auffarth, Blanche Baker, Kevin Chamberlin

Votes: 29,356

3. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)

TV-MA | 87 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Concurrent theatrical ending of the TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995).

Directors: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi

Votes: 64,091

4. In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw

Votes: 148,649 | Gross: $25.02M

5. The Bourne Legacy (2012)

PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films.

Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Scott Glenn

Votes: 315,441 | Gross: $113.20M

6. If I Stay (2014)

PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music

Life changes in an instant for young Mia Hall after a car accident puts her in a coma. During an out-of-body experience, she must decide whether to wake up and live a life far different than she had imagined. The choice is hers if she can go on.

Director: R.J. Cutler | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley, Joshua Leonard

Votes: 128,190 | Gross: $50.47M

7. The Loved Ones (2009)

R | 84 min | Crime, Horror

When Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.

Director: Sean Byrne | Stars: Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, John Brumpton, Richard Wilson

Votes: 44,014

8. Moby Dick (1956)

Not Rated | 116 min | Adventure, Drama

The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice

Votes: 21,846 | Gross: $10.40M

9. Rescue Dawn (2006)

PG-13 | 125 min | Adventure, Biography, War

A U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Zach Grenier

Votes: 110,755 | Gross: $5.49M

10. Grotesque (2009)

Not Rated | 73 min | Horror, Thriller

A doctor kidnaps a young couple and forces them into a game of torment that slowly extinguishes their hopes for survival.

Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Kotoha Hiroyama, Hiroaki Kawatsure, Shigeo Ôsako, Tsugumi Nagasawa

Votes: 7,447

11. Pulse (I) (2006)

PG-13 | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world.

Director: Jim Sonzero | Stars: Kristen Bell, Rick Gonzalez, Christina Milian, Ian Somerhalder

Votes: 30,685 | Gross: $20.26M

12. Last Cannibal World (1977)

R | 88 min | Adventure, Horror

An oil prospector is captured and imprisoned by a violent and primitive cannibal tribe in the Philippines' rain forest. He manages to escape with a female hostage, and begins searching for his missing companion and their airplane.

Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: Massimo Foschi, Me Me Lai, Ivan Rassimov, Sheik Razak Shikur

Votes: 4,155

13. Open Water 2: Adrift (2006)

R | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

When a group of friends fail to lower the ladder of their boat, they find themselves stranded in the surrounding waters and struggle to survive.

Director: Hans Horn | Stars: Susan May Pratt, Richard Speight Jr., Niklaus Lange, Ali Hillis

Votes: 19,921

14. Tunnel (2016)

TV-14 | 126 min | Drama, Thriller

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped.

Director: Kim Seong-hun | Stars: Ha Jung-woo, Bae Doona, Oh Dal-su, Shin Jeong-geun

Votes: 10,423

15. Chaos (I) (2005)

Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Thriller

Two teenage girls on a mission to find drugs at a rave get more than they bargained for. One is sexually assaulted and they are both tortured in horrific ways. The attackers seek refuge in the parents' of one of the victims' homes.

Director: David DeFalco | Stars: Kevin Gage, Sage Stallone, Kelly K.C. Quann, Maya Barovich

Votes: 2,284

16. Texhnolyze (2003)

TV-MA | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi

In a man-made underground society, descendants of a banished generation vie for control of the crumbling city of Lux. Ichise, an orphan turned prize fighter, loses a leg and an arm to satisfy an enraged fight promoter.

Stars: Liam O'Brien, Michael Forest, Patrick Seitz, Shizuka Itou

Votes: 3,101

17. Seven Beauties (1975)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, War

The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso.

Director: Lina Wertmüller | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler, Elena Fiore

Votes: 6,477 | Gross: $0.01M

18. Rage (1966)

Approved | 103 min | Drama, Thriller

A man bitten by a rabid dog in the desert must find help before it's too late.

Director: Gilberto Gazcón | Stars: Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, David Reynoso, Armando Silvestre

Votes: 733

19. Malevolence (2003)

R | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Ten years after the kidnapping of Martin Bristol, bank robbers hide in an isolated rural farmhouse where a serial killer lurks.

Director: Stevan Mena | Stars: R. Brandon Johnson, Samantha Dark, Heather Magee, Richard Glover

Votes: 3,769

20. Counterpoint (1967)

Approved | 107 min | Drama, Music, War

A famous orchestra conductor is captured by the Germans in WW2, and is forced to perform at private concerts for the Nazi generals.

Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Kathryn Hays, Leslie Nielsen

Votes: 1,043

21. Psycho from Texas (1975)

R | 89 min | Crime, Horror

A drifter/hitman is hired by a local business man to kidnap the local oil baron. The hitman had been reared in squalor, suffering the abuses of his whoring mama. When the baron escapes his ... See full summary »

Directors: Jack Collins, Jim Feazell | Stars: John King III, Herschel Mays, Christian Feazell, Candy Dee

Votes: 369

22. A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Ishun is a wealthy but unsympathetic master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out.

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa

Votes: 4,941

23. Passion of Love (1981)

117 min | Drama, History, Romance

In the 1860s, Giorgio (Giraudeau), a young Italian soldier, is sent to a remote post, far away from his lover, Clara (Antonelli). He is lodged in the house of the colonel (Girotti). He ... See full summary »

Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Valeria D'Obici, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Massimo Girotti

Votes: 1,020

24. Revival of Evangelion (1998)

159 min | Animation, Action, Drama

A compilation of Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth and Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion.

Directors: Hideaki Anno, Ken Andô, Naoyasu Habu, Hiroyuki Ishidô, Tsuyoshi Kaga, Masayuki, Shôichi Masuo, Seiji Mizushima, Tensai Okamura, Keiichi Sugiyama, Akira Takamura, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Tetsuya Watanabe, Minoru Ôhara, Masahiko Ôtsuka | Stars: Tiffany Grant, Megumi Hayashibara, Akira Ishida, Tetsuya Iwanaga

Votes: 364

25. Runaway Hearts (2015)

PG | 95 min | Drama, Family, Romance

At a poignant moment in their lives, 11-year-old Tevin and his 5-year-old sister Angel escape their dysfunctional home to live in the streets. With nowhere to go, Tevin and Angel meet two people who need a miracle just as badly as they do.

Director: Keith Alan Morris | Stars: John Schneider, Wendell Pierce, Ali Landry Monteverde, Jay Kenneth Johnson

Votes: 220

26. The Doctor and the Girl (1949)

Passed | 98 min | Drama, Romance

Dr. Michael Corday, a recent graduate of the Harvard Medical School, is the son of Dr. John Corday, an eminent New York City surgeon who has a tendency to continue to direct the lives of ... See full summary »

Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Glenn Ford, Charles Coburn, Gloria DeHaven, Janet Leigh

Votes: 503

27. Broken Wings (2002)

R | 87 min | Drama

Daphne and her four children try to cope with the abrupt death of husband/father. As the family seems to fall apart, a sudden incident gives them a chance to heal their 'broken wings'.

Director: Nir Bergman | Stars: Orly Silbersatz, Maya Maron, Nitai Gvirtz, Daniel Magon

Votes: 2,492 | Gross: $0.41M

28. Lower Level (1991 Video)

R | 88 min | Thriller

A depressive woman who is happening through difficult times becomes the object of desire of a security guard who reads her diary and is then obsessed her sexual fantasies.

Director: Kristine Peterson | Stars: David Bradley, Elizabeth Gracen, Jeff Yagher, Shari Shattuck

Votes: 291

29. Two of a Kind (1982 TV Movie)

102 min | Drama

Nolie who has intellectual disabilities has just turned twenty-one yet acts more like eight. While claiming that she only wants to help him, his "smother" actually likes things that way. ... See full summary »

Director: Roger Young | Stars: George Burns, Robby Benson, Barbara Barrie, Cliff Robertson

Votes: 161

30. Primitif (1978)

Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Horror

After a raft accident in the jungle, three anthropology students and their guides attempt to escape from a primitive cannibal tribe that has hunted them down.

Director: Sisworo Gautama Putra | Stars: Enny Haryono, Barry Prima, Johann Mardjono, Rukman Herman

Votes: 805

31. A Gun, a Car, a Blonde (1997)

Unrated | 107 min | Drama, Thriller

The story's hero Richard has lost much of his spine and love of his life, due to cancer.

Director: Stefani Ames | Stars: Jim Metzler, Andrea Thompson, Kay Lenz, Norma Maldonado

Votes: 357

32. Disputed Passage (1939)

Passed | 87 min | Drama, Romance, War

A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs into him in Nanking during a Japanese bombing raid.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff, John Howard, Judith Barrett

Votes: 160

33. Theoretically, an even much more paranoid conspiratorial phone call (2021)

85 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Challenged by phone by the Pro Bono Spy Hunter and his valet, The Boss travels to the year 2121, where the USSR won the Cold War. Caught spying, The Boss undergoes a subtle questioning technique that tortures him and his interrogator.

Director: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato | Star: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato

Votes: 6

34. Siberian Exile (2013)

125 min | Drama, History, Romance

Mass deportations to Siberia of the 1940s as seen through eyes of a young boy called Staszek Dolina. His family members are among the 2 million Polish citizens, who are sent to the cruel Siberian work camps.

Director: Janusz Zaorski | Stars: Adam Woronowicz, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Andrii Zhurba, Pawel Krucz

Votes: 354

35. Wszystko, co najwazniejsze... (1992)

98 min | Biography, Drama, War

When the war breaks out, renowned Polish-Jewish poet Aleksander Wat leaves German-occupied Warsaw with his wife Ola and their son. In Lviv, however, they are arrested by the Soviets and separated. Ola and her son are sent to Siberia.

Director: Robert Glinski | Stars: Ewa Skibinska, Krzysztof Globisz, Adam Siemion, Grazyna Barszczewska

Votes: 82

36. Uciekinier (2007)

56 min | Documentary

It tells the extraordinary life story of Kazimierz Piechowski, former Auschwitz prisoner no. 918, who organized one of the most amazing escapes from the camp.

Director: Marek Tomasz Pawlowski | Star: Kazimierz Piechowski

Votes: 80

37. Victor's Last Class (2016)

89 min | Documentary, Drama

A brazen acting teacher suffering from chronic pain announces he is going to end his life, and spends the next five months hashing the decision out with the young filmmaker who attempts to change his mind.

Director: Brendan Brandt | Stars: Brendan Brandt, Clint Clark, Victor D'Altorio, Gabby Eubank

Votes: 31

38. Kaprysy Lazarza (1973 TV Movie)

46 min | Comedy, Drama

Despite awaiting his death by his loved ones, old villager Jacenty refuses to die if his conditions are not fulfilled.

Director: Janusz Zaorski | Stars: Wladyslaw Hancza, Wojciech Zagórski, Aleksander Dzwonkowski, Henryk Bak

Votes: 52

39. Io sono qui (2011)

63 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

Doctor Mario Melazzini falls sick with ALS, an incurable disease which slowly paralyzes you until death. He chooses suicide, but the day before he asks himself the question: "is this what I... See full summary »

Director: Emmanuel Exitu | Star: Mario Melazzini

40. Petits arrangements avec la vie (2018 TV Movie)

77 min | Documentary

Filmmaker Christophe Otzenberger is admitted in a Hospital for a lung cancer. Assisted with Stéphane Mercurio, he interviews patients of the institute on how they live with their disease and face the prospect of the end of life.

Directors: Christophe Otzenberger, Stéphane Mercurio | Star: Christophe Otzenberger

Votes: 6

41. Magda, milosc i rak (2009)

52 min | Documentary, Romance

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Director: Alina Mrowinska | Stars: Magdalena Prokopowicz, Bartosz Prokopowicz

Votes: 7

42. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: The Indestructible Mr. Weems (1957)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

A lodge is selling cemetery plots, but nobody will buy one until the first person is buried there. The brothers turn to Mr. Weems.

Director: Justus Addiss | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Middleton, Joe Mantell, Russell Collins

Votes: 561

43. Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957)
Episode: Before the Beginning (1955)

30 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A scientist slaves to prove his theory about the origins of life on Earth. In the meantime he is oblivious to the serious and potential fatal illness his wife has developed.

Director: Alvin Ganzer | Stars: Truman Bradley, Dane Clark, Ted de Corsia, Rachel Ames

Votes: 26

44. Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode: The Gus Morgan Story (1963)

TV-PG | 75 min | Western

A tough railroad executive and his younger college educated brother are guided by Chris up a mountain to scout a route. When is accidentally shot by the younger brother, the older brother is forced to make a tough decision he may regret.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: John McIntire, Robert Fuller, Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson

Votes: 80

45. Otra en mi (1996–1997)
Episode: Episode #1.19 (1996)

43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Valentina forces Liliana to break up with Luis Fernando for good and decides to forgo another cosmetic surgery to improve her looks. McLaren wins Liliana's thrust. Remedios and Marcia run ... See full summary »

Director: Luis Alberto Restrepo | Stars: Géraldine Zivic, Mauro Urquijo, Ana María Kámper, Sebastián Ospina

46. John Carpenter's Suburban Screams (2023)
Episode: Cursed Neighborhood (2023)

TV-MA | 40 min | Horror

A mother and daughter shares horrific incidents of moving into their first home without knowing the suburban land is cursed, They attract to a vengeful spirit that will do everything.

Director: Michelle Latimer | Stars: David Brooks, Sharon Hinds, Paul A Maynard, Carlette Norwood

Votes: 72